THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY MEDICINE
The Department of Community Medicine is one of the academic departments within the faculty of Medicine.
Aims of the department: To teach Community Medicine to fourth-year medical students and to train postgraduate doctors in Family Medicine
Our Services and Projects
The Department is part of the drive by the University to establish a world-class teaching and specialist hospital at Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Ekusileni Hospital. The department will run a specialist Pathology Laboratory with research and diagnostics units once the specialist hospital is up and running.
Our Department in Numbers
Undergraduate programmes
1. MBBS
2. MMed Family Medicine Entry Requirements
Candidates for the MMed Degree in Family Medicine programme may be accepted if they satisfy the General Academic Regulations for acceptance to NUST and in addition:
- Hold an undergraduate degree in Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) or equivalent.
- Have completed a General Medical Education (GME) post internship.
- Have a current registration and practicing certificate with the Medical and Dental Practitioners Council of Zimbabwe (MDPCZ).
Staff Profiles
Dr A Familusi
Dr B Dhlandhlara
Dr R Chikodzore
Mr C Mapfumo
Hilary Gunguwo was appointed as the chairperson of the Department of Community Medicine in August 2021. Before then she was the acting chairperson of the department. Hilary is a medical doctor who has been actively involved in the Zimbabwean National HIV/ART programme since its inception in 2004 and has participated in both the clinical management of people living with HIV and the training of health care workers in providing quality HIV care. She graduated with an undergraduate medical degree (MBCHB) from the University of Zimbabwe and a Masters in Clinical Epidemiology from the same institution. Hilary also has a postgraduate diploma in HIV management from the Colleges of Medicine in South Africa. She has worked within the Zimbabwean public health care system since graduation both at district and central hospital levels.
Contact details: hilary.gunguwo@nust.ac.zw